French and Indians

The French and Indian War was caused by the worldwide struggle for empire by France, Spain, and England. The fighting of these countries often times spilled over into North America, where colonist were dragged into three wars: King William’s War, Queen Anne’s War and King George’s War, these wars lasted between 1689 and 1748. With the threat of war breaking out in Europe, the prospect of more colonial warfare remained. To gather a plan of defense and to gain Iroquois as allies, representatives from seven colonies and the Iroquois League met in Albany, New York. During the Albany Congress the delegates adopted Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union. However the colonial assemblies rejected the plan, fearing that it would cause a raise in taxes and give Great Britain an up hand in power. The Iroquois decided that the English were too disunited to defeat the French, would not commit their support.

In 1749 land speculators bought land in Virginia, hoping that there would be a quick profit form its resale. The Virginians felt the need to p

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But a British cabinet minister William Pitt helped change Britain’s luck. The British refused to surrender with their loses and eventually gained strength, eventually winning the war. The French thought that the land was theirs as well, so of course this caused some friction between the British and French.

In all the French and Indian War lasted for seven years making it known as the Seven years war. During the friction the French decided to dive the Virginians off of the land. French had nowhere to run for British forces followed them up to Quebec where once again the British conquered the French. The colonial forces however were very inexperienced in warfare and the British forces panicked when they met the French and their force of Delawares, Ottawas, Abnakis, and other Native Americans. In the July of 1758 the British forces captures Louisbourg on Cape Brenton Island, which guarded the entrance to the Gulf of St. But the French but up a good fight for the land. The French were influenced by the Indians a great deal, this is noticeable in the was that they where lightly clothed and armed. Once the Virginians were off the land they completed the fort and named it Fort Duquesne. With the Iraquois joining forces with the British the French lost their Indian allies in the Ohio Valley. This outraged, Lieutenand Governor Robert Dinwiddie of Virginia sent George Washington and a company of militia to send the French from the area. Once the Iraquois saw that British has defeated the French, the Iraquois reassessed their neutrality and lent spport to the British. At first the British did not seem to have much of a chance seeing how the French used more of a guerilla warfare tactic.

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